Busta Rhymes famous quotes

Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a platform where we could offer information, but it's also an escape.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Hip Hop #Trying #Information

My thinking is that if we're going to take from a culture, let's take from a culture that has exemplified success for thousands of years.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Thinking #Years #Culture

I appreciate the additional additives and preservatives that help sell a project, but I'm sticking to what works best for me. I gotta sell the album live on stage and make people believe in the songs.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Song #Believe #People

For me the best thing about winning an award is when the people cheer for your win. When you can see that the people are really happy that you are winning something, that's the most reward thing in the world.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Cheer #Winning #Awards

Brooklyn is where I primarily developed. I had an opportunity to make records and perform in clubs here and there, and I started networking with the right people in the right places.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Opportunity #People #Networking

I have a song called 'Decisions' that features Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, John Legend and Common. It's about people who have made a decision to really stand by you as friends.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Song #People #Decision

I feel like the quality of privacy and respect of people's personal space has been completely disintegrated. You can ask to take the picture. I will be so glad to take the picture and pose and look good for the picture.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Space #People #Quality

I have no trouble being a good dude because that's what I am.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Trouble

I really only respect the Arab culture. I ain't really trying to pay no attention to, ya know, these little people in political positions and executive positions that ain't Arab culture oriented people because a lot of the times, what are you really showing all of this concern for?
-- Busta Rhymes

#People #Political #Trying

I started growing my hair in December '89. I was seventeen. I signed my record deal and said I ain't combing my hair no more. I don't have too.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Hair #Records #Growing

I'm trying to set up opportunities for myself so that I don't only have one outlet to go through and rely upon as far as a support system financially, emotionally and mentally.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Opportunity #Support #Trying

I wanted to make something that reminded people of the way albums used to feel. I wanted something as good as the stuff put out by the Bomb Squad, or Dr. Dre and his production crew, or A Tribe Called Quest. I miss albums like those.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Squad #People #Missing

You could put me on any track. I support that one million percent. Whatever the track is, I'm going to smash it. Believe that
-- Busta Rhymes

#Believe #Track #Support

I called the album 'The Chemo' because it seems like the industry and music overall is dying slowly.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Dying #Albums

I feel like I introduce another level of my creative ability on every album.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Creative #Albums #Levels

I try to really understand every aspect of the most high; for me, the most high is Allah... I live my life by Islam.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Islam #Trying #Living My Life

You think that you can hide; you think you can lay low? I'll roll up on your ***** like Hawaii 5-0!
-- Busta Rhymes

#Thinking #Hip Hop #Hawaii

I will endanger your species like an ostrich, Hold you hostage, and crazy feed you swine sausage!
-- Busta Rhymes

#Crazy #Rap #Ostriches

It's kinda hard bein humble in the belly of the struggle, Doin things that probably get you in trouble.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Rap #Struggle #Humble

Busta Rhymes the mighty infamous, Always misbehaving and mischeivous, Causing aggravation, I'll never pause, Pushing out spit balls through plastic straws.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Rap #Aggravation #Hip Hop

You need to sweat yourself. Don't sweat nobody else.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Rap #Sweat #Hip Hop

Miss can I get a second to speak and quietly mention, That I am so into who you are, can I get your attention?
-- Busta Rhymes

#Rap #Hip Hop #Missing

I got you open like supermarkets!
-- Busta Rhymes

#Rap #Hip Hop #Supermarkets

Funny how the love be fake...but I ain't stressin'. Thankful for the love that's genuine...appreciate the blessin'.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Rap #Love Is #Appreciate

At the end of the day, man, you can't protect yourself from a haymaker that's coming in toward your face if you don't see it coming.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Men #The End Of The Day #Faces

Why you got your ***** on your shoulders?
-- Busta Rhymes

#Friendship #Ass #Shoulders

Buy a nickel bag, smoke a little lye, get high tonight, get high tonight.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Alcohol #Drug #Bags

Got demons on both shoulders.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Evil #Demon #Shoulders

It's almost not safe to be an artist, the way everybody is randomly picking people to feud with.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Artist #People #Feuds

My making it is a combination of grinding, grinding, grinding and being lucky enough to finally get a shot.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Lucky #Enough #Shots

Then i starter krompy kromp with Kroomp Krompp and the i kromped all over the Krommmmp!
-- Busta Rhymes

Yes, Yes Yall, You know we talkin it all see how we bringing the street corner to Cargenie hall
-- Busta Rhymes

#Rap #Halls #Streets

I want you to see that I'm looking. Look at me look at you. I'm cool with that.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Looks #Want #Rhyming

I never knew that I would see the day that I would meet the devil himself.
-- Busta Rhymes

#Devil

New York is traditional New York, you know what I'm saying? It's the stomping ground of the hustlers and go-getters
-- Busta Rhymes

#New York #Stomping

I will be so glad to take the picture and pose and look good for the picture. But when you catch me while I'm looking real sideways and the picture's ugly as hell, I don't want you to have the picture like that!
-- Busta Rhymes

#Real #Looks #Ugly

The personal threat is something that's always been a part of our lives
-- Busta Rhymes

#Threat

It's been three years since I last performed here so I'm dying to tear the roof off Wembley Arena with some old school joints and brand new bangers. When I'm done, you're gonna remember it for a long time to come
-- Busta Rhymes

#School #Years #Long

With every song I have a person in mind who, in a perfect world, would perform with me. Usually I end up not getting that person, and I'm forced to settle for someone else
-- Busta Rhymes

#Song #Perfect #Mind